Archive for April, 2008

28 Apr

Can’t Rain On Jets Parade

Why does the media give draft grades the day after the draft? Better question: Why does the media do the grading? After all most of these guys like CBS Sportsline’s Pete Prisco and Yahoo’s Jason Cole are not athletes nor front office player personnel people. They are more like Siskel & Ebert. Thumbs up I [...]

27 Apr

Gholston, Keller B Good

Whew! It went just as quickly as it came. Literally. The fastest first round ever thanks to the NFL’s new shortened time limit between picks down to ten minutes made the first round fly by. If you blinked once every 3 hours or so you might have missed not one but two new Jets.
The New [...]

25 Apr

It’s On!

Ok people, here we go, the home stretch! I feel like I’m on the long, slow, vertical climb up a roller coaster and the breathless anticipation is driving me nuts. The 2008 NFL Draft kicks off tomorrow at Radio City Music Hall and the New York Jets are right in the thick of it. The [...]

23 Apr

Draft Prediction: Jets Take College Player

I feel like one of those plastic discs on an air hockey table, being pucnhed first one direction than jarringly sent in the opposite way. No matter where you look now, today, this week you will be ping ponging back and forth with NFL Draft information or rather speculation on what the New York Jets [...]

22 Apr

Burnin’ for Vernon

Ok, I’ll admit I’ve been trumpeting the horns and beating the drums for the New York Jets to draft Arkansas runing back Darren McFadden if he is sitting there at 6 this Saturday at the NFL Draft, but…
Well, what can I say? This Vernon Gholston kid has me all flummoxed. Don’t get me wrong, I [...]

21 Apr

Feeling Drafty In Here

The NFL Draft is just five days away and the rumors that were just swirling a week ago are turning into cyclones now the closer we get. It is an incredibly exciting time to be a New York Jets fan because – aside from having a perfect record this time of year – the offseason additions have [...]

18 Apr

Jets Want A Big Mac

Hickory dickory dock, the Jets are on the clock…what will the clock strike? Nobody knows yet but we will soon enough. It is the BEST time of year to be a diehard fan of the National Football League because draftniks of the world will once again unite next weekend at Radio City Music Hall. The [...]

16 Apr

Scheduling Conflicts

Webster defines a conflict as a “fight; battle;war” and a “competitive or opposing action of incompatibles.” Well one of the most anticipated days of the year was yesterday and it wasn’t because it was tax day. It was the day the NFL releases it’s 2008 regular season schedule and scheduling conflicts is what the NFL [...]

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